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Tfi the Senate, on Saturday, the 6th
inst., after devoting a short time to
private bills, the compromise bill was
taken up.
Mr. I?ell resumed the course of his
remarks, He went into a history of
the agitation for the past few years,
VbOWing tliat abolitionism, communitm,
nlid" socialism, were united in the
Work of destroying the social system
at the North, while they made war
on the South. When we entered into
the late war with Mexico, it was
well understood that it would end in
the further acquisition of territory;
and it was at once and unanimously
declared at the North, that the territory
acquired should be free territory.
But the Sjuth consented to acquire
the territory, ns a compensation for
the cost in blood and treasure of the
war, and trusting to the North for a
magnanimous relinquishment of a
portion of the territory to them.
Mr. Foole moved that the bill be
postponed til) Monday, and the Senate
go into executive session.
Mr. C!ay remarked that it was useless
to fix any day for the question.
There were amendments to be offered,
and several Senators were to speak.
He supposed the question would be
lUKcn Dei ween mis and i hristmas.
The Senate went into executive
session, and soon after adjourned.
In the House, Mr. Mafteson asked
the consent of the House to make n
statement in regard to the charges
made against Mr. J. R. Giddings, of
Ohio, of taking documents from the
Post Offirc Department. The statement
being made,
Mr. Baker introduced a resolution
for the appointment of a committee
to investigate the subject, with power
to send for persons and naners.
which was adopted.
The House then took up the Galpliiu
case, and after some debate proceeded
to vote 0111lie amendments.
The question was first taken on the 1
amendment of Mr. Schenck, (of the j
amendment of Mr. Toombs.) "disap- i
proving of the relation of Mr. Craw-1
ford to the claim?that is, in prosecu- j
cuting it when it was to be examined j
and adjusted, and paid by one of the j
Tlonnrlmnnic At ilio f 1
tlllUllitf VI 1?IW? WT^IIIIUUllll nt;
himself being at the shiiic lime at the J
head of another of (hose Depart- j
mcnts. and declaring such practice to '
he dangerous as a precedent, and i
that it ought not to he sanctioned."
Tins amendment was adopted by a
vote on yeas and nays, of lf)8 in the
affirmative, and 25 in the negative.
The House adopted thr following
ti
........ ..I. <1 iix J.1XI. ? IIU1I1JJ- |
.?on, of Mississippi, as an amendment I
to (lie substitute of Mr. Schenck:
"And consequently that the House '
also totally dissents from the correct- j
ness of the opinion expressed by the j
President of the United States to the '
Secretary of War, 'that his (the said
Crawford) being at the head of the !
War Department, and the agent of
the claimant?, did not take from him
any rights he may ha\ e had as such
agent, or would have justified him in
having (he examination and decision
_r 4k~ -i~: I... - n . -
ui uiu umuir* uy we occreiary 01 Uic
Treasury suspoiided.\ 1
It was adonted by a vote on yeas
and nays, of 91 in the affirmative,
and 80 in the negative.
A motion was made by Mr. Thaddeus
Stephens to lav the whole subject
on the table. The motion was !
decided in the negative?yeas '10,!
nays 126.
The Mouse then, at a quarter before
6 o'clock"adjourned till Monday.
'I'iie Peofi.f. of Ueotvgia Moving.?Every
mail is now bringing us
tidings of a strong and growing tendency
of llie popular sentiment in
Georgia to discard former political
differences, nnd rally in defence of
Southern rights. The Nashville
Convention is gaining ground rapidly.
The disposition to sustain it and
ratify its proceedings, is spreading
among the people. We will soon sec
the swelling tide of popular opinion
bearing up that great political movement
in triumph over its foes.
We *11 ve no space to-day to speak
as our bouyanl feelings prompt us, of
the auspicious and inspiring signs
which brierhten the horizon.
We publish the proceeding of several
meetings, which have l>een already
held. They breathe the right
tone and spirit. They speak the true
sentiments of the people of Georgia.
Let her members of Congress disoT>ey
the popular voice, and vote for
Clay's compromise, at their peril.
\Vell done, Muscogee, Walker,
Richmond, Merriwether, Cobb, and
Hancock, Gallantly to the rescue
irAit MAAtfA^) fAriiroi*/V Montf nf
nu*v yuu inuvcu ivii u ?iu? at&?uij *n
your sister counties will soon speak
out in response, and place themselves
by your side. We cordially second
the suggestion of our correspondent
"Cobb.
iM us have a mass meeting of the
i* people. Let us have a grand rally
of the people of Georgia, to ratify
the proceedings of the Nashville
Convention; and let the Georgia Delegates
tb thai Convention be specially
invited to^nddress them. Let a
voice of thunder go forth to tell the
HBti. .wHT
Georgia delegation in Congress that
the Clay compromise is viewed here
as a political juggle by which the
South loses much and gains nothing.
Let it tell her sister States of the
South that Georgia is ready with
them to plant her foot firmly, and
with locked shields and unquaiting
(>vo. stand hv tnmn to rosist tlm
\ of anti-slavery aggression. Let it
j tell them that Georgia is ready to
! unite with them in insisting on equal
| rights in all the new Territories for
j the slaveholder and his properly, or
I a fair division by a definite gcographI
ical line. Let ft fell the l^nion tnat
the people of Georgia will stand by
Texas and will unite with her sisters
of the South in resisting unto blood
a dismemberment by means of fed!
era! bayonets, of a sovereign slave!
holding State, by which a portion of
I her domain is to be seized to strength*
j en the Free Soil party at the expense
ot' the South.?Augusta Constitutiona
list.
KE(>WEE COU 111EU.
I^riilay, July 19, 1850.
With ft view of accommodating our Sub
seribcre who lire at a distance, the following
gentlemen arc authorized and requested to
act as agents in raeoiving and forwarding Sub
| cripuons to tnc Krowitr. uovmrn, vis:
Maj. W. S. Qkisiiam, nt West Union.
I Edward Ilec.nss, Esq., " IIorRC Slioi*.
E. I'. Vrknkr, Esq., " Ihichulor't Hotrcat
M. F. Mircitri.1., Esq.. " PickeiiKville.
J.E. Haooad, " Twelve Mile.
J. T. W*un, for Andc'renti District.
I DEATH OF GEN. ZAC1IARY TA YLOH.
F.I.F.VKST1I PKESIDRST OFTIIK UNITKD STATES,
i There is sorrow, nnd the voicc of mourning
is heard in the land, for ngnin one of the
| great hath fallen! Gen. Taylor, after .1 few
hours illness, died in Washington 011 the
9th instant of Chronic Dyjcnlnry.
No intelligence could have been more i
stnrding, for none could have been more j
unexpected ihan this. In the vigor of ,
health, in the pride of bis power, who looked
for him to die! To be ; tricken down in
the hour in which the gaol was won, the
gaol for which all the hard battles of life
had been fought, and to have the half tasted
goblet dashed from his lips by the rude
na-'d 01 remorseless death.
But yes'erday and he was a prince aniong
the people, one of tho povcrful of
earth, whose smiles are Fortunes and whose
frowns are Fates; hut now he has passed
away to tho silent land, and has becomc
nothing among the millions of the dead. j
The heart which was so big with iife- has |
erased In KipjiI. and Kaii 4Vm?av<ii* !
the restless spirit which no energy could
tunic bath taken its flight to the hind of
souls, and :is the body K es lifeless and cold, j
a corpse in the house of death, the lookers j
on may see how that power can pass as a \
shadow awav, and how that frame can be- j
conic as nothing to-the dead. Though one i
of its great ones hath fallen, after a few 1
days of affected grief, the world will go on
as before, seeming not to (Vol, or at
least not to carc for the loss. True, im
mcnse crowds in carriages, on horse
and on foot followed the hoarse to the grave.
True, many grave men in pulpits and in
public halls dcclarc to multitudes of solemn j
visnged men and gaily dressed women, that ;
the eyes of a people are wet with tears, and |
that a nation is mourning and will not be
comforted because of the loss of its noblest
son. True, the people who listen seem to
Denevc tnc word- ot the speakers, and lo
look about them as though they actually expected
to find the disconsolate mourners.
Who weeps with long and unnllevialcd
grief for the death of any mortal being?
And 60, after a few* f-ighs and tears, the
world will go on as before; childhood will |
laugh and doteagc will gabble, men will !
drink, and &in?, and sleep in security n? be- !
foro; manhood will plot, and plan and win;
the fellon will hang on the gibbot, the bride
will blush at the alter; honesty will toil in
the sunlight to accomplish its own noble
but selfish ends, while ambition will still
work its secret, dark and midnight mach
illations; thus, in spite of all thnt is said and
sung, the world will be ungrateful to the
mighty Past in the glory of the great Present,
and though he hnd slinted his soul and
ground his heart to win the world's remembrance,
yet the world will forget, and save- j
ing mo irmrDie column will be a liitlo higiier,
his grave will look like the unknown
graves which will lie scattered around it.
Cakr Bjcahing Sked.?We learn from
an exchange paper, that the care in East
Tennessee is bearing, this season, great
quantities of seed, which reso.nblo rye in
size and appearance, and which, upon actual
experiment, hns been found to yield as
tine Hour as tho latter grain; and equnlly nb j
palatable upon being m&de into bread.?
We notico these facts foi the purpose of observing
that, to the astonishment of the
'oldest inhabitant,' the same phenomenon
has been observed in many prrt* of this
District, where the cane whieh has borfie
I seed is snid to be dying.
In soma cduotries, and we bcfierctrt
part# of Floridn And Lfiniiistta. tV?A *ath> if
said to seed periodically, once iu seven
yean?, when it dies.
The Countess Dembinski, the wife
of the nephew of the gallant old Polish
General of that name, came a
passenger on the Washington. Iler
I i i ~ if..: ? ii tt
iiuoutum waa u ?taiij?u hi uie Hungarian
army, and aid-ue-camp to Kossuth,
and with that noble devotion,
so often shown by the women of
Hungary, ^he followed him to the
field, and partook for many months of
the dreadful hardships an 1 sufferings
attendant upon lif.' in the Patriotic
army.
After the surrender ofGorgey, the
; young Count and Countess lied to
Widdin, on the Turkish frontier,
i where they remained three months,
j suffering from many privations.
They wore afterwards removed to
| Shumla, an eighteen days journey, in
; mid winter. Tli i Countess was.often
J obliged to walk or> foot many miles.
1 under rain and snow, an 1 constantly
j exposed to all the inclemencies of the
| season.
i The conduct of this noble woman ore
cents one of those innumerable in!
stances of heroic devotion on the
; part of wives, which we \erily be|
lie\c God permits is bachelors to
: cone.nplatr, as a just punishment for
the sin of celibacy. And therefore,
' we pray, that Providence may rc|
ward her faithfulness, here in this
i land of freemen, with a prosperous
l noon and a tranquil evening of life;
and above all, lhat the same kind j
Providcncc may reward our appreci-1
at ion of the worth of the sex with a
wife like unto her.
The Tallkst IIyf..?Rye, eight
feel ten inches high, aud wheat six
feet I'.i^h, wa? grown on the plantation
of Win. Hunter, Esq., of Wolf
Creek, in this District.
House-Thief Taken.?On the
15th inst., James Gregg, alias Johnson,
charged with having stolen a
horse from some gentleman in Lau
reus, was arrested in this place by
SherifTDoylc.
"We learn from the New York
Courier, says the Columbia .Telegraph,
' that state rooms have been
taken for Jenny Lind and her friends
in one of the United States steamers.
The party will consist of Jenny Lind,
Mr. Julius Benedict, Signor Bcllitti,
and Jenny Lind's 5ocret?ry, fimalc
ijiamuii' r*:i v uii'.a* u. (."/
The Cholera lifts appeared in several
western cities, ??<J is Mill extending.? j
T':ere werr lifty-four eases in Cincinnati on j
tl.c 1 Tth ult.
The Palmetto ?9lato Banner came out on i
the Otli inst. in an enlarged form, prcaen- [
ting to i'.^ m*ny readers a mammoth *heet,
in which the world will, or may be shown j
...V <<.. i ... rr . ?
i II il.-> II1U .
Finr. iv nuoovlys.?C)n the 1st inst.a fire
broke out in Thorn'* Turpentine WareIvMi'C,
consuming th:?t and sereral adjoining
buildings; loss estimated at about one half !
of a million.
])r$r(ii:cttvb Fmr. in piulattklpmia.?
On the lO.h inxt., 350 houses: were consumed
l.y fire, 5n th? city cf (} . alter* and
Ttriflflwntvmrr OMAi'itiliAn* 4
- h
ber of lives were lost, nnd property destroyed
to the amount- of one million, or aecorcording
to some estimates, one and a half
millions of dollars.
O. P. Ti. Jamks, so extensively known to
American reader* as a writer of entei turning
romances, is now in New York, with
his family:
Hungarian Exiles.?Gov. Ujhazi
and his compatriots have made a ,
location in Decatur county, Iowa,
the head waters of Grand river, a
tributary of the Missouri. They
have found a beautiful spot, uniting
th* advantages of abundant water
and timber with prairie adjoining,
and some improvements, such as
cabins and garden spots. The liberality
of St. Louis provided them
with farming utensils and furniture
for their humble style of life. They
are to become the nucleus of a large
colony of the martyrs of freedom
from their nMivfc Hungary.?Evening
Pott.
Ai*. Mn
(ui.nr/.ts U? J?1R?- 1 ATIAlil* A
Washington iMtcf writer states that
Mrs- TayW hftfi b^en seized with
illness, and that she is irreconcilable
for the loss of her husband. Tb?
sympathies of the rtity Are wM her,
And as an earnest of this atfectjon&te i
- * 1 * ' 1
regard* n commmee o! laaies Mive
presented themselves at the Wtji^e
House to conduit with the unfortunates.
! [KOII TIIIJ COL'RIEU.]
I Mr. Editor:?*In the Courier of,
: 1*2th July, I sec I am announced as a
j candidate for the Legislature* which
I I very much regret. 1 have no rea
son to believe that the people composing
this election District have desired
my name to be placed in nomination.
1 have been solicited to become a
candidate, by a few much esteemed |
friends, to whom 1 held this language:
' 'that office ought not to be sought or
| avoided, and I hold it to be the J
i duty of every patriot to serve his J
j country in any capacity it might re- 1
| quire him'. I do not feel that such a !
! call has been made as would exclude !
1 my protest under the rule I hove '
j adopted for the government of my
j conduct; I therefore say to the poo- ;
i plv: of this election District, that I am j
no Candidate.
WILLIAM SLOAN.
| Pendleton, July l'2th, 1850.
-
j .iii-uii I Ai> l I III HI WASHINGTON!
UNION CAUCUS.
i ruoro.sed settlement of the boundary
question'.
Baltimohe, July 1-2, 1850.
? a tr /i "
/v L iuon i aliens 01 the members J
of both Houses is now in session at !
Washington. A proposition was j
made that 1 degrees, North latitude,
I be the boundary line of Now Mexico! j
which was approved of by the Rep-1
! rescntativcs from Texas, and adop-1
! ted unanimously. Thus there is some |
prospect of the vexed question being
1 amicably settled.
Thousands arc flocking into Washington
to be i>.*esont at the funeral
obsequies of tin. late President. Sixteen
Military Companies from Baltimore
take a part in the mournful so
lemnities.
Amexdmknt of tiif. Coxstiti:tiox.?Mr.
Daniel, of North Carolina,
submitted to the House, on Monday
last, the following proposed
amendment to the Constitution of the |
United States:
"Resolved, by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress
assembled,That the following amend
ment of the Constitution ofthe United
States he proposed to the Legislatures
of the several States, which,
when ratified by three-fourths thereof
shall be a part of the said Constitution:
"That the fifth article of the said
Constitution be amended by adding
to the same at the end thereof the
words, 'And provided, also, that no
amendment sliall be made, the object
or tendency of which is to abolish, or
in any way affect, the institution of
slavery in any Slate, without the
ronrurri'Mipf' of nil <! ? ? uuMpl,
such institution may exist.' M
EDUCATIONAL CONVENTION'.
In conformity to the suggestions of
his Excellency Governor Scabrook,
a large number of the teachers ol this
Slate assembled in this town yesterday.
The meeting was held in the
Town Iiall, and was organised by
calling Rev. A. W. Leland, D. D.,
to the ('hair, and the appointment of
Mr. J. II. Carlisle, Secretary.
These gentlemen were afterwards
confirmed pcrmnncnt officers of the
Convention. The following members
enrolled themselves.
Pickens.--!*'. II. Doyle and S. Johns.
Spartanburg.?Thos. Curtis.
Chester.?G. J. Patterson.
Kershaw.?L. McCandles, and
Rev. J. P. Lee.
Fairfield*?Rev. J. R. Gilland, J.
W. Hudson.
C. F. Bansemar, D. Wyatt Aiken,
T. M. McCants, J. R. Schorbe, G.
W. Ladd, J. R. Shirley, and W. Z.
Lijrhiner.
Union.?Dr. W. H Pcarcc.
Laurens.?J. F. Coleman.
Abbeville.?Dr. J. Auld.
Newberry.?J. S. Reid.
r? it ?-> v
? A Vlllllll UIIU 11J*
Seibels.
J^exington.?S. F>. Caughman, W.
J. Ligon and Joel Wise.
Richland.?Samncl Jones, M. J^aborde,
R. T. Brumby, Dr. A. W. Leland,
E. E. Bellinger, J. R. Wood,
and J. H. Carlisle.
Sumter -Cater and E. B. Dupont.
CiitKlfl Ar.Bfll?mv.."M#irir 7 A
Leland*
Charleston.?P. F. Smith and J.
Hibbon, jr.
A communication was received
from the Governor, embracing the
points to which ho desired the attention
of the mrjBtincr. This eommuni
cation was referred to a committee,
consisting of Rev. Dr. Curtis and
Messrs. Jones and Hntson. Dr. Curtis
rtad a report, which was accepted.
The report concluded with three
resolutions, Y
The first retolution stated in substance
tfaMh a freo achodl system
was defective, and authorized the I
aftpQintrflfjit. of a ettaimif tee to invito* |
fights Jhq iiuViyoct arifl r?ommciw
' iv" *
tr-"'' ' vjf "i
sonic mode of amending it. The resolution
having been adopted, the following
gentlemen were appointed:
Rev. Dr. Curtis, Messre- Hudson,
Jones, Cater, Dr. Auid, and Major
Lcluncl. To this committee was referred
the communication from the
Governor, and all other documents
connected with the free school system,
with the request that thev report,
if possible, during the present
session of the Coh^tuion.
The second resolution was the appointment
of a committee to consider
the expediency of appointing a
general superintendent of tree schools
and education generally, to consider
the eligibility ot such an officer, and
to frivp. him instmrfinn?- 'l'lm
lution having been adopted, the following
g. ntlemen were appointed:
Prof. Lal>orde. Prof. Brumby, Messrs.
McCandles, Shirley, llibben and
Bansemar.
The third resolution was the appointment
of a committee to inquire
into the subject of elementary and
text books, and the encouragement
that should be given to Southern
publishers to enter into the business.
On motion, llin phmmitlAn M'oe f.?
consist of one member from each district
represented in the Convention.
I The following gentlemen were appointed:
Mr. J. \V. Hudson, chairman.Messrs.
Doyle, Curtis, Patterson,
McCandles, Pearce, Coleman
Dr. Auld, Read. Griffin. I/tgon, Jones.
Cater and Smith.
On motion of Mr. Jones, the following
gentlemen were appointed a com
mittee to take into consideration the i
formation of an association, and to
report a constitution tor said association:
Messrs. Jones, llndson and
Auald.
'l'ho convention then adjourned
until S o'clock p. m.?Carolinian.
I
THE CENTRAL AMERICAN
TREATY.
The Washington official papers of
Monday contain the President s proc
nutation with a copy of Ihe ratified
treaty, (ratified on the 4th inst.)be-j
tween the United States and Great J
Britain, for the establishment of a i
Ship Canal across the Isthmus, un-j
der the protectorate of our own and
the British Governments, as well as
of all other nations which desire the
passage through it from ocean to
ocean on the same equitable terms.
It is evident that there are great political
considerations connected with
tills frmtv. fMlfWrinnirnv nni>lin>? '
I'V I IIUI'O llic
commercial interests involved. On
this point the National Intelligencer
says:
"It may be remarked that all the
States of Central America, comprehending
he immense extent of country
fron he Belize, commonly called
the Bay t. Honduras, down to the
northern Boundary of New Granada,
is made neutral territory. No Gov- j
crnmcnt entering' in'o tliis treaty con !
occupy, colonize, fortify, or h. sUnie I
or exercise any dominion over any I
part of the Mosquito coast, or any j
Eart of Central America, from the'
oundaries of the Bay of Honduras !
and Mcxico on the north to those of j
New Granada on the south. The ;
Uritish title to the Belize the treaty
does not in manner recognise; nor
does it deny it, or meddle with it.
The settlement remains, in tlmt particular,
as it stood previous to the j
treaty.
This treaty, which has been very
erroneously called 'the Nicaragua
treaty;' docs not extend merely to
inc oiateoi iNicaragua, nor does it j
more cover with neutrality that ter-!
ritory than the others four Centra! I
American Republics of Honduras, j
Guatemala. San Salvador, and Costa
Rica. The same international
guarantees of protection which it
provides for the canal at Niearagua,
it equally offers to every line of communication,
whether by canal or railroad,
that can be constructed utTohuantcpcc,
Pan una. ot any other
place on the whole Isthmus, whether
withinn i'neiimiis of Mexico, Central
America or New Granada. The
united proteotion of the great maratime
powers contemplated >Vy this
treaty to the Nicaragua or otnos canals,
will of course dc the means of
SAvincr. tr? all nnu-n'-a ? L
>V UII >> imcii HI iy uc ;
come parties to it, the cost of main- j
taining large and expensive naval ar- j
maments to guard ihcir interests in
transit through these highways. And j
the clause which exempts vessels;
passing through canal (and any oth-1
ers which may be constructed) from i
capture, detention, and blockade, j
present a new feature of itself of so {
much interest and consenuenre. as. I
in connection with othor provisions, |
to mark the conclusion of this treaty
as an era in the hisiory of international
compacts/1
mm ?p
England and Austria.?Among
other items of intelligence it is stated, (that
Austria has given a direct refusal
to the Claims of the British Cabinet
for losses suffered by British subjects
during the continental troubles,
and that the Czar has intimated that
he entirety concurs in the sentiment 1
of the Caoinet of Vienna; and that,
>C *V '.A- 1 ...
u oruisn simjects are to make such j:
claims the Russian dominions Will, i
\ i.. )y/ r r
. ... ' ,
. vi-vvi* -u V Vf- I
hereafter, be shut against them. It w
believed that Great Britain in this, as
in the Greek affair, will be compelled
to yield to insults, which, fifty years
ago, she would have answeted at the
cannon's mouth. And yet a war with
England i? the rod which, even in
this country, is held up over supposed
children, to keep them in the ways of
honesty and virtue.?Richmond lie'
| \> ublicun.
W asjiington, July 14, 1 p.m.
I I'VXKKAL OF THE PllF.SJifcNT.?
Vesterday was marked by a iu,sponsion
of all business for the President's
funeral. Thousands of persons were
in attendance from all poinJs?east,
west, north, and south. Allbusinees
was misj ended in Baltimore, to enable
the many who desired to visit
Washington. I I.ore was in attendance
a large body of military, rendering
the procession very imposing.
?Carolinian.
SECRETARY OF STATE. Ion, of
the Baltimore Sun, says:
"Public opinion, and the opinion of
the whig party, points so directly and
exclusively to Mr. \\ ebstor, as Secretary
of Slate, that he will be under
the necessity of co t> lying with it.
i 1 do not tlniik the matter is yet settled,
so far as Air. W'ehster s assent
is conrcrned. He could not go into
the office without sacrificing' his InI
crativc professional practice, which,.-.
| at his time of life, he may be expcct[
v?.J to need the avails of. If he has
[ any aspirations for the Presidency.-and
ho has as much right as any one.
to entertain them?thov would he
better promoted out of tl?? (Cabinet
than in it- Mr. Cr'.Ucnden.would
accept, it is ihouglu, the post of: Attorney
(ieneral, which he held under
1 Tarnson. ...
C OFTON MARKET.
CHARLESTON, July 13.
Cotton sales to-day amounted in
the aggregate to one thousand five
hundred bales, at a ratine of from 11
1-2 to 13 1-1 cents. Former pricej
were fully sustained.
Nf.w-Vokk, July 13.
The latest advices by the Hibcrniu
represent Cotton as being very
firm in Liverpool.
The Atlantic's running time was
ten days and ten hours.
. : _+ "
President Fillmoi'c is the youngest
man who has yet attained \hc cxec.
utir,e chair. The youngest President
chosen directly by the people,
was Martin Van Biircti, who was
fifty years old at the period of his inauguration.
Tyler, when he supV
ceeded Harrison was fifty-one.
44 Wild Cat" in Texas at the head of
a body of Indians.?The San Ant
onion Western Texan, nf tl?*?
u!t., fays:
' There seven or e'ghl hundred In.
dians encamped on the Llano, under
the command of Wild Cat, the Seminole
chief; they are composed of
Seminoles, Lspans, Wecoes and Tan .
kawalis. This narty of Indians have
assembled for the ostensible purpose
of making war, with their united forces,
upon the Camanches, but We
have no doubt that future developments
wilVshow that their barbarous
combination will result in robbery
and treacherous assassination of our
own citizens."
+
t ihj wiji' jiiish^ IN 1N DI AN A.?*A
letter in the New Yd k Tribune, da*
ted Shelby ville, June Mi; says:
"The rush lor Jiittle Cnlilorna (ali~
a* Brown County gold mines) U very
considerable. There are now about
1'iCO engaged industriously .in gathering
up the dust. Thi* ' ? ?'??
. 0~.?. .? tcijt
fine, being worth $:21 per ounce.
Those who work *vt 11 are clear #
$10 per day ?many more. The gold
is found in the fcvcfct-hi.ls of Brown
County, and few houses arc in the
vicinity of the diggings. Tho.se who
go there provide a way to get their .
provisions there before starting."
Alvhama.?County meetings are
being held all over Alabama to ratify
the proceedings of the JSathville CouVPntiiVri.
W " ?i?ri?
B,??_ ..v/Liyv; me proceedings
of the mc.ctng iff Knfula more particularly,
iva it was mo; t largely attended,
arid influenced % a mof^ eiv
thusiastic spirit. A commit tw of
eleven, Col. P. T. Sayre, chairnnm,
reported resolutions opposing the
Clay compromise as unconstitutional \ ,?ji
and uplift, approving the action of -fak
the Nashville Convention* recommending
the M'&puri compromiso
lin*, ana requesting the Senators a? 1
Representatives in Congress to at1,*
vocate its udonlinn TU?
Ml? ..?* hp lUMwiuiions I
were unanimously adopted, p| jj^?gCT
Attouney Gr.sv.nM. '-U is ttilted
that Judge Hopkins^ will i>o tendered
the post of AUv i U?:v General r. II
in the new Cabirrat.
Within four years about $5,000, 000
have been expended in raHreads
in Vim . * *?"* " " '